1978 Race Results
Sat., May 6
Frigid Opener At Warsaw Speedway
The weather was cold, but the racing was plenty hot in opening night activities Saturday at the Warsaw Speedway. A small crowd of dedicated fans watched some 45 cars compete. The program ended early after several cars were scratched from late races because of early spins. Tom Leiter, Dean Baker, and Terry Hull were respective late model, hobby stock, and street stock feature winners. Following are results, with car numbers in parenthesis:
Late Model Dash - Willard Sherman (82), Chuck Saner (8), Jim Bucher (2), Larry Howard (29)
Hobby Dash - John Gilbreath (99), Kurt Danner (00), John Orr (88), Dean Baker (77)
Slow Late Model - Tom Leiter (70), Terry Sroufe (12), Glenn Bradley (22), Steve Backus (3)
Slow Hobby - Kurt Danner (00), Dave Fitzpatrick (57), Bob Keifer (53)
Fast Late Model - Ed Martin (17), Willard Sherman (82), Jim Bucher (2), Chuck Saner (8)
Fast Hobby - Jim Sellers (33), John Orr (88), Dean Baker (77), John Gilbreath (99)
Slow Street Stock - Roger Fitzpatrick (57), Larry Blevins (4), Steve Plotner (12), Mark Coleman (78)
Fast Street Stock - Rod England (83), Bob Johnson (22), Terry Hull (23), Tony Parker (05)
Late Model Feature - Tom Leiter (70), Jim Bucher (2), Glenn Bradley (22), Willard Sherman (82)
Hobby Feature - Dean Baker (77), John Orr (88), Kurt Danner (00), Jim Sellers (33)
Street Stock Feature - Terry Hull (23), Bob Johnson (22), Denny Whippie (18), Barry Lemons (71)
Sat., May 27
Warsaw Racing
Indianapolis wasn't the only place for automobile racing over the weekend. The Warsaw Speedway drew 65 entries Saturday night for racing in late model, hobby and street stock divisions. A good-sized crowd watched as Jim Bucher won the late model feature, Steve Brown the hobby and Bimbo Atkins the street stock. Following are results with car numbers in parenthesis:
Late Model Dash - Dan Backus (43), Bob Forsythe (33), Les Sroufe (11), David Green (73)
Hobby Dash - John Orr (88), Dean Baker (77), Scott Dausman (22), Arnold Prater (1)
Slow Late Model - Jim Bucher (2), Jim Bucher, Jr. (27), Rod Bailey (47), Arden Leiter (87)
Slow Hobby - Dave Stafford (5), Dick Aragy (47), Steve Brown (42), Dave Fitzpatrick (57)
Fast Late Model - Steve Backus (3), Dan Backus (43), Les Sroufe (11), Bob Forsythe (33)
Fast Hobby - Bob King (53), John Orr (88), Darrell Prater (44), William Varney (45)
Street Stock Heat - Bob Johnson (22), Rod England (83), Denny Withy (18), Walt Maley (20)
Street Stock Heat - Terry Hull (23), Steve Oswalt (77), Steve Keirn (50), Rocky Anders (14)
Late Model Feature - Jim Bucher, (2), Arden Leiter (87), Glenn Bradley (22), Tom Leiter (70), Jim Bucher, Jr. (27), Rod Bailey (47)
Fri./Sat., Aug. 25/26
Warsaw Racing
WORLD OF OUTLAWS
Several wheel-to-wheel races highlighted action at the Warsaw Speedway Saturday night in what was very nearly a Leiter sweep. In the street stock division, Dick Leiter started in eighth place in the 10 car field, but came on strong to win. Another Leiter, this one Tom, passed John Orr with six laps to go to capture the hobby feature. But in the late model feature, it was a different story as Arden Leiter and Tom Beezley put on quite a show before Beezley ended up winning.
On Friday, the Speedway sponsored the "Outlaw" sprints for five heat races and a $2,000 feature. In the feature, Danny Smith of Danville, Il., led the first nine laps before Steve Kinser of Bloomington, In., took over. Kinser led until the final 12 laps when Bobby Allen of Hanover, Pa., grabbed - and held - the lead.
Four Fastest - Steve Smith (19), Bobby Allen (1a), Gary Patterson (3c)
Heat #1 - Dick Liskai (6), Tom Beezley (113), Dean Pedrock (26)
Heat #2 - Bernie Grayheal (93), Ron Fisher (84), John Naida (9)
Heat #3 - Steve Kinser (11), Rick Ferkel (0), Bobby Allen (1a)
Heat #4 - Fred Braronfield (92), Danny Smith (4), Fred Linder (55)
Feature - Bobby Allen (1a), Steve Kinser (11), Gary Patterson (3c)
